QI Valuation Update on Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC)

September 17, 2017

The Q.i. Value ranks companies using four ratios. These ratios consist of EBITDA Yield, FCF Yield, Liquidity, and Earnings Yield. The purpose of the Q.i. Value is to help identify companies that are the most undervalued. Typically, the lower the value, the more undervalued the company tends to be. Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC) currently has a Q.i. Value of 48.00000. We can now take a quick look at some historical stock price index data. Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC) presently has a 10 month price index of 0.83072. The price index is calculated by dividing the current share price by the share price ten months ago. A ratio over one indicates an increase in share price over the period. A ratio lower than one shows that the price has decreased over that time period.

Looking at some alternate time periods, the 12 month price index is 0.83846, the 24 month is 1.02361, and the 36 month is 0.80969. Narrowing in a bit closer, the 5 month price index is 0.89207, the 3 month is 1.13752, and the 1 month is currently 1.10526.

Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC) has a current ERP5 Rank of 7133. The ERP5 Rank may assist investors with spotting companies that are undervalued. This ranking uses four ratios. These ratios are Earnings Yield, ROIC, Price to Book, and 5 year average ROIC. When looking at the ERP5 ranking, it is generally considered the lower the value, the better.

Checking in on some valuation rankings, Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC) has a Value Composite score of 54. Developed by James O’Shaughnessy, the VC score uses five valuation ratios. These ratios are price to earnings, price to cash flow, EBITDA to EV, price to book value, and price to sales.

The VC is displayed as a number between 1 and 100. In general, a company with a score closer to 0 would be seen as undervalued, and a score closer to 100 would indicate an overvalued company. Adding a sixth ratio, shareholder yield, we can view the Value Composite 2 score which is currently sitting at 57.

Watching some historical volatility numbers on shares of Cimarex Energy Co. (NYSE:XEC), we can see that the 12 month volatility is presently 24.485300. The 6 month volatility is 27.386900, and the 3 month is spotted at 30.048000.

Following volatility data can help measure how much the stock price has fluctuated over the specified time period. Although past volatility action may help project future stock volatility, it may also be vastly different when taking into account other factors that may be driving price action during the measured time period.